I had this one in the recent past and it's cool for what it is. The limitation is mainly the flybar. It acts like a coaxial helicopter, so when you try to go into forward flight it is always trying to stop and self stabilize. Even if you just want to hover around, it has the dreaded "toilet bowl effect" if the pivots, linkages, and blades are not perfect ( which they never are) this is where in a hover it starts to circle by itself in bigger and bigger circles if left uncorrected (very irritating 😂). It is a challenge to fly smooth for all the wrong reasons. It can teach you to hover and basic orientation though which is great. I don't recommend trying to find an old one unless you get it for free or really cheap because the newer flybarless helies are worlds better, even as far as teaching since like this one they will also autolevel and teach orientation as well as allow you to fly in forward flight properly. Then if you get one where the autolevel can be turned off, then you can really learn how to fly a heli properly with no auto level.
This was my very first helicopter about 6 or 7 years ago. I didn't know anything about them, just wanted one and the hobby shop guy gave me this one. Tell you what, it took a freakin beating and just kept going! I fell out of the hobby because pretty shortly after I got a Nano CPx and the thing was just too twitchy but the 120 wasn't as entertaining anymore. Getting back in it now with a sim and being able to utilize the sim is amazing. Crashing for free almost makes me want to just stick to the sim!
They have a new flybarless Version that flys better and is one of the best for people looking to get into helicopters. I recently moved on to collective pitch helicopters with the blade 230s highly recommend for those looking into helicopters
@@TimMcKay56 the 120sr was my first helicopter as well, fun little bird. I thought i wouldn't be able to grasp helicopter controls but that little one made it easy for me now I enjoy flying them just as much as airplanes. 👍
IMO Biggest drawback with this was the radio. After you trim the heli and turn off the TX, it forgets the trim! Had a much better experience flying it once I moved to a DX8.
I left my battery in my helicopter now though. Receiver aint written the transmitter. What can I do to fix the problem? It's brand new. I put it back in the box and when I got it out. It wasn't written the transmitter.
here are some links for the models: RTF: www.horizonhobby.com/product/120-s2-rtf-with-safe/BLH1100.html BNF: www.horizonhobby.com/product/120-s2-bnf-with-safe/BLH1180.html
